DCHP-3

mercy flight

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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an airplane flight to an isolated community to fetch a sick or injured person to hospital for treatment.

Quotations

1944
The aeroplane has ceased to be a novelty and is proving of the greatest value as a means of conveying medical assistance . . . Such "mercy flights" are increasing annually. . . .
1957
Notification of the requirement for a mercy flight is passed to the RCC from many sources, in many instances coming directly from doctors in outlying districts.